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South Sudan peace negotiations resume amid leadership changes

The stalled South Sudan peace talks have recommenced in Kenya following a four-month interruption marked by significant diplomatic disruptions. Known as Tumaini, meaning hope, these negotiations represent renewed efforts to address unresolved conflicts beyond the 2018 peace agreement that ended the nation’s devastating five-year civil war, which claimed over 400,000 lives. President Salva Kiir’s unexpected […]

Egypt: Forced Evictions, Other Reprisals Slap Human Rights Defenders -UN Expert

Two United Nations rights experts have denounced the Egyptian government for its reprisals against human rights defenders who dared to talk to a visiting UN delegation that was enquiring on housing in the North African country. The reprisals included housing demolitions and arbitrary arrests, against human rights defenders and others. Special Rapporteur on the right […]

Morocco to export engineering sciences to Mauritania

Moroccan school of engineering sciences will open a branch in Nouakchott under an agreement sealed Monday between the Moroccan academic institution and Mauritania’s Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research. The agreement will enhance further Moroccan-Mauritanian academic cooperation, a key pillar of their partnership which is gaining momentum under the leadership of King Mohammed VI […]